Gasolene-dispensing can.



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INVENTOR= PATENTED'APR. 10, 1906.

W. H. ROBBRTSHAW. GASOLBNE DISPENSING CAN. APPLIUATIOI FILED APR 20, 1905 WITNESSES mm KW; I V M m.

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UNITED sra rns GASOLEI'VE-DISPENSING can.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906. I

Application filed April 29, 1905. Serial No. 267,993;

To all whom 111; may concern.-

Be it known that I,W1LLIAM HY'ROBERT- snAw, a subject of the King of Great Britain,

residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and 'State of New Jersey, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Gasoleire-Dispensing Cans; and I do hereby declare the-following to be.a full, clear, and exact description of the'invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhi'ch it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and. to numerals of reference marked-thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to enable combustible or explosive fluids, such as gasolene, &c., to be stored and dispensed or fed out with greater safety, to provide a. dispensing-can oi greater convenience of operation and simplicity of construction, and to secure other an vantages and results, some of which may be hereinafter referred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved gasolene-dispensii1g can andin the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same,

all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced 1n the claim.

Rel errmg to the accompanying drawings, in

which like numerals of reference indicate corures, Figure 1 is a plan of my improved gasolene-ean. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line a:, Figjl and Fig. 3 is a detail section of the spout or nozzle of said can.

In said drawiiws, 5 indicates the body of a can, which is preferably provided with a handie 51, whereby it may be carried from place to place in any ordinary manner. The said can at one side is provided with a spout 8, which wnnnunicates with an internal vertical pipe 9, extending through the top walls 0 receive a valve-body 1 H, which is threaded with a female thread to receive the threaded upper extrennly ol' the vertical tube 9.

'ihefsard 'alvc-bmly is provided with a valvespigot 12, adapted to open and close communication through the said Vah-e-laidy, and at its upper end said'valvc-body is threaded to turned on said valvebody from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2. By closing the valve-: )igol l2 all eon:- munication through the tulle/9 and nuZzh s is positivelyffjlt ofl', the joints pl' the valve being ground, and thus made tight 'to ositively revent a flow.

At t e-center of the bottom of the can the same is perforated, as at 13, and within the can at said perforation is a cylinder 7, which is at its lower end made funnel-shaped. as at 14, to receive a ball-valve 1.3, adapted to .close automaticallywith the downward stroke of the piston. .At its upper end the said cylinder 7 extends through the top 1() ol' the can and is thereat provided with a. cylinder heador cap 16, centrally perl'orafml and providing a box or bearing 17 for a rod or pump-plan er rod 6. The sair rod (3 is arranged in sai box or hearing 17 and at its inner or lower end is provided with a piston-head 18 of suitable'constructimi. At the upper outer end of said rode the same. is furnished with a handle 19, by rumors of which the piston or plunger may he vertically reciprocated by hand. At the lower end of said cylinder the same is in open communlcation with a branch tube 20, which extends upward within said can to a point quit e .near the top thereof, wherc-tlw said branchv pistolv ige is funnel-shaped, as at 2!, to receive a a or nozzle'8 is in like manner closed, am the -l1qu1d is then stored without danger ol leakage or evaporation. I prefer to store the said liquid under air-pressure, and to this end after said closures are cll'ected l reciprocate the hand-pump 6 l8, and in this manner the air is drawn'in through the port or opening 13 in the bottom of the can, and 'upon a reversal in the movement of thepump-plunger the air within the cylinder 7 is thrown downward and up tln'ough the bran h pipe 20, the ball-valvell opening automatic-all receive the nozzle 8, which latter may be i topermit the air to enter the said mainchaiu- ILS her through. thepassage 23. "I he ball 22, which is held in the funnel-shaped end of the branch pipe by thecontiguous. topontizon w of the can, immediately dropsgbac into position to prevent a backflow ofi the.condensed air. By this method. of construction. thefumes from the gasolene are prevented from issuing from the can, said'fume' beingjforced to pass two valves beforelthe same lean BS1 cape; but should there be any escape ofsaid fumes: because of clogging or imperfections said fiu-m'es arefurthenmorefheldin a confined chamber at the bottom-ofthecan, aswi'll be 7 understood by examination of-Fig, 2 all' of "which conduce s-toysafet and-economy; e; )the iiwentio n whet Having-thus desc I claim as new is A dis ensing-(i out1et+p1Pe extending fifomt e interior' to the extenor'of can; awake in the outlet,

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a tight. clesume' 'et the top .0 the-pump between the pump and the can, a narrow neck on the' -pump. extending ,through the bottom 25 of -the can a; ball inthe neck of the pump, a

'piperpa ralielawith the pum nndventering the pnmp'gbove {the neck-of t e'pump, a flaring imouthLonthe-pipe in close proximity-to the top qfilthe"cp i1,,. and& the: mouth of the 0 p pe-la ge: i111. diameten; than the space bethef top of the can I eforegoing I ave hereuntoset h 1 s 2 8th.day of 5 

